The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1887-06-25
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Shrewsbury (Pa.) Items.-Shrewsbury is
nearing one hundred years old. 1t was incorpo.
rated into borough So years ago. 1t is situated
on the York and Baltimore turnpike, IA miles
south of York and 81 miles north of Baltimore
city. 1t is on the highest point between Balti-
more and Harrisburg. It's location is upon
ridge that runs from northeast to southwest, cross
ing the Northern Central railroad at Summit No.
1. Water runs in every direction from the town.
Deer Creek and branch of Codorus Creek heads
on either side. We are free from malaria and
mosquitoes. We have the best deep well water
and pure fresh air, which makes the old town pro-
verbally healthy. The reader who sees this pen
picture of the place will conclude that Shrewsbury
is OF ought to be good place to live. We have
four churches that worth at least $50 900. In
building these churches we came nearly being
churched to death, for fine churches mean money
and live church work to support them. Now
where our people made the mistake was in giving
too much attention to fine church buildings and
negIecting our facilities for the proper education
of our children and the advancement of our school
system. We had one school-house, which was
sold month ago for $500, lot and all. Twill ad-
NIT this costly (?) edfce does not argue very
favorably for the enterprise of our people in the
direction of education, and which seems very often
to run in the wrong direction-that is in pushing
church enterprises and neglecting educational
facilities We do not wish to be understood as OPP
posing church enterprises, but both should go to-
gether. After an experience of 15 years 1t has
become apparent to our people that amlstake has
been made in neglecting the education of the
young, for when they grew up the churches failed
to get them, consequently the churches have failed
to prosper and society became the sufferer by this
neglect.
Within a year past our people have been giving
this subject of education more serious considera-
ton and have resolved to build modern public
school building. A powerful opposition was set
up against the enterprise from about 40 widows
and corresponding number of old widowers and
bachelors-a non productive element and mostly
property hoders-but with all the opposition that
they could bring to bear few sturdy men in the
School Board, like DR.. D. c. Eberhart, president
of the Board, B. F. Roller, secretary, and Isaac
X. FoIckemmer, treasurer, refused to yield to the
opposition and a result we will have one of the
best school buildings anywhere to be found in this
country. The building will be heated by the
Smead, Wills & Co. heating and ventilating sys-
tenn, which proposes to change the entire atmos-
phere in the school-room every 20 minutes. The
building is 3OxS3 feet and will be divided into two
school-rooms, SO arranged as to be entered from
the hall running the centre of the building.
Hence, after waiting so many years, we expect to
be able to recover some lost ground in our school
enterprise.
Hay making has commenced, but those who
have begun the work find it very difficult to get
the grass sufficiently cured to make good hay
They we're encouraged by the warm wave which
has just ended. We are now promised rain and
cold weather. which will further operate against
hay making and harvest
The early potato crop will be enormous. Near
ly every family is Boosting of fine large new pota-
toes All garden vegetables are at their best. The
potato bugs made raid on the vines but failed to
injure them sufficient to disturb the crop.
The new license law, which goes into effect July
LIST, will work great reforms in the traffic in this
State. 1t seems to me if your State had similar
law the liquor men who violate it would want but
one application of its penalties, especially the Sun
day violations.
You made point against us last week in the
number of sheriff sales in our county. 1 venture
to say if you had the same judgment laws that we
have you would not ut times fare any better than
our people do. Your process is so slow that a
man might die before he obtained a judgment for
bill under which he could obtain sherf's sals.-
Your mode is by mortgagee's or trustees SALE
0ur road ia n short cut TO execution, *,